We’re screwed unless reason beats myth — Reasons and Justifications My Dad doesn't particularly care about current events. His conflict-averse nature and 'see no evil, hear no evil' tendencies keep his news consumption to a minimum, and he'd sooner stick his eyelids in a curling iron than debate politics. It drives me nuts, but hey, he doesn't need to take…

America’s Moral Compass Is Not Your’s To Leverage — I’ve heard countless politicians say some version of this: “*insert social justice effort here* just makes us focus on race. Martin Luther King Jr. said that we should focus on the content of someone’s character.” This is a gross, usually willful, misunderstanding of Dr. King’s work. The man and the…

I was brought to my knees by something that I couldn’t see. — It’s around 10:30 PM, but I can’t be sure. Lines of salt residue have collected on the lenses, obscuring the time. I shove the glasses into the vents of my helmet; I’ll be climbing for a while anyway. The top tube of my gorgeous race bike, slender and athletic, is…

A 22-year-old’s guide to repairing religion to find Truth, and maybe even God — Gen-Z gets a bad rap. Pundits trip over each other to call out the post-millennial generation as a bunch of lazy, woke, entitled, pansexual communists, bent on the overthrow of all things good and holy. …

The dangers of “doing your own research” — We’ve all heard it. “The vaccine is a (population control device/AI nervous system/ineffective hoax/etc.) and the (scientists/liberal elite/etc.) are (covering it up/funding it/etc.).” Variability in this Mad Libs-esque conspiracy template aside, one aspect is remarkably consistent. “I did my own research.” Few things are more cringe-worthy than hearing the word…

Spoiler Alert: It’s not indoctrination at the hands of leftist professors — 1. The Insane Price Tag “Education is important” is one of those unimpeachable staples of American politics; it’s up there with “support the troops” and “small businesses are the backbone of our economy.” Unfortunately, this apparent consensus mostly amounts to lip service, and as young Millennials and Gen-Zers have filled the halls of America’s colleges…

How the “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” mentality kills real self-sufficiency — You can’t be successful in America without being lucky. *Pause for cries of outrage* Before you decide that I’m a godless communist, hear me out: Most successful Americans are intelligent, dedicated, and hardworking, but all of them are lucky. Luck is not a supernatural force- it is tangible, manipulable, and…

The reddest herring of American politics — What do Norway and Venezuela have in common? What about New Zealand and the former USSR? Switzerland and North Korea? Very little in reality, but depending on who you ask, they are all worthy of the scarlet ‘S’ of American politics. Socialism. Using the word ‘socialist’ to describe an individual…

You’d be forgiven for forgetting that the Equality Act is stuck in the Senate. Even its most ardent supporters have likely distracted themselves with other worthy causes since it passed the House in February. Though they wouldn't readily admit it, the bill’s sponsors likely knew that it would languish in…